It’s all too much.

• War in Ukraine is the latest horror story. All we can do is stand back and watch as the Russian army tyrannizes a civilian population.
• The pandemic is not over, although there is a lot of noise from dangerously ignorant people that it is.

• Climate change is still creeping inevitably over the world, and no one is doing anything significant about it.

• You know what else no one is doing anything about? Economic inequity. Billionaires got even richer during the pandemic.

• Our country is torn apart by racism, and it’s getting worse. It’s flaring up at all levels of society.

• Somehow, the Right has decided that sexual differences are the biggest issue now. They’re passing laws that will kill transgender people.

• We’re racing towards a 2024 election that will be more divisive than ever, and that will probably conclude with conservatives trying to dismantle democracy.

• Personally, my mother is going in for heart surgery next week, & I’m facing the prospect of retirement in a few years.

• You can probably think of many more.

I’m a science nerd and teacher. I’m completely helpless in the face of circumstance, and I feel that.

How are you all coping?

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